‘Public borrowing is falling faster than expected and is on track to beat official forecasts for this financial year, official figures for the crucial month of January showed on Tuesday, giving George Osborne a fillip a month before the Budget.
Smith & Williamson announced the appointment of Andrew Jupp as a Tax Director focusing on corporate tax and business issues. He was Head of Tax at haysmacintyre and previously National Head of Tax at RSM Tenon. His earlier experience includes over 15 years with Big Four firms.
The rationale for meetings between HMRC and leading tax advisers in the Big Four accountancy firms has been set out in revised HMRC guidance on its approach to large businesses.
On 31 January HMRC launched its Contractual Disclosure Facility, the latest incarnation of HMRC’s civil investigation of fraud procedure. Phil Berwick reviews some of the practical issues arising from the new process.
HMRC has extended the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) trial for SMEs after a ‘successful launch’ last month in North Wales and North West England. Applications from London, South Wales and South West England will now be accepted.
HMRC will begin writing to more than 50,000 electricians this month, warning them to pay any undisclosed taxes.
MPs who claimed that HM Treasury had a ‘poor’ understanding of some aspects of the Whole of Government Accounts appear to have misinterpreted a key figure.
MHA MacIntyre Hudson announced the appointment of Alan Craddock as a Tax Partner in its London City office. He was previously a Partner at Kingston Smith.
HMRC has rewritten its guidance to the disclosure of tax avoidance schemes (DOTAS) regime.